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Worldwide Premiere “Love me or leave me”

At the premiere of "Love me or Leave me"
Amsterdam, November 7th, 2004
Jan Montyn with guests awaiting the
premiere of the documentary

In an optimally paced manner, the documentary ”Love me or leave me” shows the life of Jan Montyn as a HUMAN, as a WAR VETERAN and as an ARTIST

The "Mekong Serie I" especially made for the movie
  The "Mekong Serie I"

Through current sceneries in Thailand , Vietnam , Cambodia and Laos, and black-and-white war documentary clips, the viewer walks hand in hand with Jan Montyn while listening to Jan Montyn's explanations and enjoying Hell and Paradise on Earth. The art process and art works are blended magnificently, providing any viewer with the clarification why he or she loves Jan Montyn's art works or should love them. The documentary is shown in cinemas throughout The Netherlands in March, 2005.

 

Audience at the premiere    "Love me or Leave me", the poster/trailer
270 people attended the worldwide premiere of the documentary (left)
The poster/trailer published to market the documentary (right)

Comments on the Jan Montyn documentary ”Love Me or Leave Me”
The documentary is shown in cinemas throughout The Netherlands in March, 2005. Please feel free to contribute any comment about the movie by clicking [ ADD COMMENTS ]

 

  Date   Submitted by   Place


20 Dec 2004   Jeroen Mijlhoff,
  art director and graphic designer 		Bangkok, Thailand
I watched it in a bus on the way to Pattaya from Bangkok, from my lap top computer. Breathtaking listening to Jan Montyn. Arrived in Pattaya in seemingly 10 minutes. I have to watch it again on big screen, though. I read the book "Montyn" by Dirk Ayelt Kooiman and I cannot tell which is better, the book or the movie. They both have the highly accessible way of getting into the story, which is refreshing to me. And, well... the story is his' but it is to be shared with everyone for a good reason. You will find out by yourself if you watch ”Love Me or Leave Me” and see, listen and think. For yourself. And that's what Jan Montyn and Jan Louter (-director of the documentary) achieve and maybe even want to achieve with this, and might be their intention in doing this flick, I think. They did that anyway for me.
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